This is especially true of the effort to fob off decisions critical to Iraqs future onto the United Nations.

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President Clinton will undoubtedly make a well-publicized gesture of shipping some grain and then fob off further efforts on existing international relief agencies.

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The basement gym, while cozy, had sturdy, efficient, working equipment as opposed to the wheezing 70s Nautilus machines some hotels fob off on travelers wishing to stay in shape on the road.

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Fob off the problem on the next guy.

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Were Tokyo to do otherwise it would be, at best, garnering the fleeting favor of its G-7 allies who are anxious to fob off onto Japan a substantial portion of the billions in new money flows promised to the former Soviet Union.

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Rather than explain otherwise, physicians fob them off with antibiotic pills.

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But the show will still feature Sir Alan shouting at those he thinks are not good enough, and humiliating those who try to fob him off with excuses.

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Pakistan's deep-rooted suspicions are the precise mirror image: that all Mr Vajpayee's friendly rhetoric is empty, designed to fob Pakistan off without engaging it on the core of the dispute, Kashmir.

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Back in the '90s, two companies from the opposite ends of the consumer electronics world -- giant Sony with its eMarker and startup Xenote with its iTag -- tried launching key fob devices that would identify songs on the radio, but neither got off the ground.

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